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Whatever changes might result from possible Congressional action will not immediately wipe out Harvard's existing patent agreements with individual federal agencies, Coddington said. "We will continue to deal individually with the agencies, and we will renew our agreements as that becomes necessary, taking into account any new laws...
...past few years, Cox has been reporting the other side of the coin--violence by the Argentinian government. Cox describes the current situation in medical terms: it's as if the government created a germ to wipe out left-wing violence and terrorism and to restore society to "normalcy." The germ proved effective, "destroying" every person and group capable of violence. But the germ itself used terror and it still exists, thriving today on even the most innocent citizens--the teacher who mentioned Marx to a class once, or siblings of those associated with leftists groups, and on journalists...
Should Thomas Larkin unseat incumbent Michael McLaughlin in the race for county commissioner, he might be able to start on his promised campaign to wipe out county government--a bureaucratic sinkhole useful only as a source of patronage jobs. But electing Larkin is not enough--voters would also have to support incumbent S. Lester Ralph for the other open seat if they hope for reform, not so much because he is a progressive but because he is less regressive than McLaughlin. Currently under scrutiny for possible election law fraud, McLaughlin deserves nothing so little as another chance to play fast...
...trust combining older wells and an interest in 40 major prospects, mostly how the Gulf of Mexico. Instead of giving the shares to its stockholders, how ever, thereby Oil & Minerals sold them on the open market. The firm thereby raised $60 million, which it used to wipe out some of its long-term debt...
...Wyoming town. His voice is soft, whisky-warm and a bit rueful; he knows that in 1901 his day is over, that he is out of place among the boost ers and dealers who have built the town and fenced the range. They have brought him here to wipe out a gang of rustlers, but his murderous skills and cranky in dependence make the clean-shirt-once-a-week crowd nervous. Before long, sure enough, they frame him for the cowardly killing of a boy of 15. The situation is al most self-consciously classic, and there is a temptation...